Add/Remove Program Problem

[Jeff Ratliff]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Gehrke" <mjg2101 at columbia.edu>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 10:37 AM
Subject: Add/Remove Program Problem


> I am trying to use an old computer (500 MHz, 30 gig) as a music server. So
i
> put on fedora.

I've done the same (K6-3 400 Mhz), but more as a learning tool, and less as
a music server.

> server i didn't check the development box
> so my computer doesn't have any compilers. When i put in the fedora disc 2
> cd and try to update, everytime i get a
> "error updating. exiting." I thought it was a cd error so i through out
the

Did you do this from command line, or GUI?  The reason you're probably
having errors is dependencies (although I could be wrong). If you try to
install the compilers from a command line (or xterm) using rpm, you'll get
more informative error messages. I did a minimal istall and later went back
to install compilers, and found that gcc has a lot of dependencies that need
to be solved, so upgrading manually with rpm can take some work.
  Doing "rpm -i gcc-3.3.2*"  from  /Fedora/RPMS on cd 2 should get you
started, and at least give you a list of what else needs installed. Reading
the rpm man pages will enable you to do some amazing stuff.

Then again, it's always possible you have a bad CD.  I've not tried
installing from the hard drive, as all three of my CDs had good MD5
checksums.

Hope it works out.  (It always does eventually)